Tag: Firefox

Mozilla decided to walk away from a contract with Yahoo and switch the Firefox default search engine to Google. The move triggered a lawsuit from Oath, which now includes Yahoo, with Mozilla firing back with a complaint of its own.

Firefox's SnoozeTabs can dismiss an article’s tab and set a time for when the user wants the tab to resurface. It is still an experimental feature and only available to the browser with Pilot Test add-on.

Mozilla has shut down its connected device division, affecting some 50 people working to bring Mozilla’s web technology beyond the browser. Mozilla said it’s working hard to give laid off employees new positions inside the company.

Mozilla has announced a new logo as part of the company's rebranding, which aims to get the organization's purpose and products better understood by people. The design took insights from the public's feedback collected in the past several months.

Mozilla's Firefox browser will release security updates for Windows XP and Windows Vista until September 2017. Users with computers still on these operating systems, however, are recommended to upgrade their machines.

The Pirate Bay has been blocked by popular browsers Google Chrome and Firefox, ostensibly for malicious third-party advertising on the site. Users may bypass the warning and still access the site or use others, including popular clones and mirrors of the Pirate Bay.

Microsoft scored a new win in the browser wars, at least according to its own tests. The company claims that its Edge browser with Windows 10 Anniversary Update beats Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Opera by far.

Torrent website The Pirate Bay is being blocked on Google's Chrome, Mozilla's Firefox and Apple's Safari browsers. Google claims that the website is a "deceptive site," so users should access it at their own risk.

The new Microsoft Edge browser on Windows 10 Mobile has been tested against rivals Chrome and Firefox. Experts suggest that Edge and Windows 10 Mobile may deliver a faster Internet surfing experience than Windows 8.1 and Internet Explorer.

Vivaldi has attracted over two million downloads as the Web browser moves a step closer to a final release. 'Vivaldi is all about features - it has a lot of them,' says company CEO and former head of Opera Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner.

A new Firefox update makes it one of the safest and anonymous-friendly software of its type. Tracking Protection is only one of the measures that Mozilla enforced, allowing Firefox 42 to offer its users the best Internet browsing experience.

Mozilla released Firefox 41 with a handful of useful features that will definitely improve user experience. These new features include the ability to quickly change search providers and the integration of Firefox Hello.

Mozilla has announced that Firefox will be adopting a new extension API, called the WebExtention API. This will make it much easier for developers to deploy their Chrome extensions to Firefox, only needing to change a few small lines of code.

Just when you thought battery life is the only thing that keeps you safe from snoops, researchers come out with a new study saying you’re wrong. People online can track your activities just by knowing how much battery life you have left.

Upon the upgrade to Windows 10, Internet Explorer successor Microsoft Edge automatically becomes the default browser for the user. According to Mozilla CEO Chris Beard, this is not a good thing for users.

Mozilla has blocked all versions of the Adobe Flash Player from its Firefox browser. When one attempts to update the Flash Player through the add-on menu on Firefox, the user is diverted to a notice page that says it has been 'blocked for your protection.'

Firefox users will soon be greeted with Suggested Tiles, or pages that Firefox is recommending based on previous pages that the user has visited. The company has also announced that it will roll out a Firefox app for iOS.

Mozilla has pushed out two versions of the Firefox 38 browser, with and without Digital Rights Management (DRM) support. Firefox 38 also brings support for improved UI for Android and Ruby annotation support.